Necktie rack



Feb. 12, 1929.

H. W. LAW l NECKTIE RACK Filled Dec. 7, 1927 fukin/0411.

l`Patented i12, 1929.l i

UNITED sTAlTEs HAROL WARD LAW, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

NECKTIE RACK.

-. Application nled December 7, 1927.` Serial No. 238,350.

, which will present a portion o f the face of each tie to view at all times even if the rack is full of ties so as to facilitate the proper selection of a tie, and such a rack .vhich will permit of removal or placing of a tie thereon without disturbing adjacent ties.

In the drawings hereto several modifications of my rack are shown, tho all are built around the same underlying principle.

Fig. l is a perspective view of one form of my rack with a plurality of neckties hanging therefrom. p

Fig. 2 is a perspective of a modified form of the invention showing one tie in position.

Fig..3 is a plan view of a portion of the rack of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of a rack based on my principle and made entirely of wire.

Fig. 5 is a broken perspective view of a portion of a wire rack of optional construction.

Fig. 6 is a plan view of a rack made of wire prongs inserted in a channel bar, and Fig. 7 is a cross section of the rack of Fig. 6.

Briefly described my invention comprises a rack adapted for securing horizontally to a wall, door, or other support, and which rack is provided with means for suspending a row of neckties in overlapping relation and in such a manner that a large portion of the front or face of each tie is alwaysI in plain sight. This result is obtained by arranging the tie hangers at an angle to the wall upon which the rack is hung so that the ties when in place hang in planes. extending angularly with respect to the wall, so that each tie ex oses about a third of its face to view and 1s not hidden by the next adjacent tie.

In Fig. 1 the rack comprises a supporting rod 1 oiset at both ends at 2 and the ends formed with legs 3 adapted to be secured to a wall, door, or side of a bureau, by screws as at 4 so that the body 1 of the rod will extend horizontally spaced outward from the wall.

Secured to the rod at points therealong are small spring clips 5 each having a pair of jaws 6 adapted to clamp a necktie 7 as shown. For the insertion of a tie the handle 5 of the clip is pressed to open its jaws, but to remove a tie, the tie may be pulled downwardly and it will slide from between the jaws as they are rounded outwardly at the tips to facili tate this.

The clips are so spaced along the rod, and their jaws are each in such an angular plane. with respect to the wall that the ties all hang at an angle in overlapping relation soas to expose their faces at 7 thus making it a simple matter to select the tie desired and pull it down out of the clip.'

In Fig. 2 a cheaper form of the invention is shown and in which the spring clips of Fig. 1 are replaced by slots 8 in a thin sheet metal shelf 9 formed with an attaching leg 10. The slots have curved confronting jaws 11 and each slot is enlarged at the rear end as at 12 so that the jaws will have a certain amount of spring to gently grip a tie 13 folded as shown.

The slots 8 in the plate also extend at an angle from the wall or rear line of the bracket in the same slanting manner' as do the grippiIFig jaws of the clips described for Fig. 1.

1g. 4 shows in plan a portion of one of my racks made of a single wire looped back and forth as shown, spaced bights 14 of the wire forming between them slots 8a for the reception of the ties in the same manner as described for Fig. 2. An enlarged loop 15 at 'the inner ends of the slots provides more spring to the bights 14 so that the'slots will resiliently grip the ties placed therein. At opposite ends the wire is formed into an attaching eyelet 15 lying at right angles to the plane of the body of the rack.

` The construction of Fig. 5 is modified over that of Fig. 4 in bendingtheV rear ends of the wire loop downward at right angles to the plane of the rack and clinohing them in a metal strip 16' so as to stiften the loops and prevent the Arack vfrom sagging if of any great length. The figure is a perspective view and the stiiening strip is broken away to show one of the downwardly bent ends or loops 17 as held in the strip. The strip 16 is apertured at its ends as at 18 for passage of screws or tacks to secure the rack to a wall or other support.

Note, that in this showing the bights of Wire 19 forming the slots 8" are arched slightly to afford a rmer grip on the tie in thecentral portion of the slot.

In Fig. 6 the view is a plan and .shows a modification of the wire. device of 5, the

F1 slots 8C in thisshowing being former? by adjacent wire prongs 20 extending angularly from a supporting bar or channel 21.: The rear ends o th the, bar. as indicated and prefera 1n a oove in the rearside thereof as indicated A in ig. 7, a sectional view of the rod.

In all the wire constructions shown it is preferable that the wire be rust proofspring wire, and While it is intended for the ties to be doubled for insertion into the slots, it is evident that if narrow enough the slots will grip an unfolded tie, or even a single thickness of paper, and on the other hand the wire can be suiciently springy to permit the/.insertion of a relatively bulky article, as the usefulness of my rack is not confined to the suspension of neckties tho it is primarily designed for that purpose, and particularly to e prongs are loopled thit'pigh y sea A necktie rack comprising a supporting Y bar formed and adapted for securing orizontally against a wall, a series of arms xedl spaced alon the outer side of said bar and projecting t` erefrom arranged and adapted to hold a series of neckties in suspension therefrom, said arms disposed on and projecting :horizontally at a slanting angle from the face of said bar in such a manner as to suspend the ties substantially clear of the wall in angular overlapping relation.

HAROLD WARD LAW. 

